Extreme Meatpunks Forever

One part visual novel, one part anti-fascist flesh-mech brawler EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER has released its sixth episode, Hope, wrapping up season one and providing a hell of a tease for the future second season. Questions are answered, questions are raised, and there’s plenty of teeth-gritted, fists-clenched optimism.

Gooey mech brawler EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER was always going to capture my heart. Its first two episodes set the stage, introducing a shining central cast of messy, queer heroes and a killer premise: sometimes you just gotta hop in a big ol’ gore sack and pummel some fascists. These opening episodes deftly wove together a world where these four protagonists were always under attack, and…

Sometimes you get the itch to punch a fascist in the face. Heather Robertson's scrappy visual novel/brawler EXTREME MEATPUNKS FOREVER respectfully disagrees; it's far more fun to maul them with a giant body-horror meat-mecha instead. Today, the first two episodes of this strange and lurid outpouring of anger, frustration and hope landed on Itch.io, with the rest due by mid-September. I got to try this…

Four queer misfits living in a small desert town, making ends meet and trying to keep ahead of the half-witted fascist gangs that roam the streets. It's a simple enough and very contemporary story... Right up until you get to the sun disappearing, the town being somewhere in the 'Hellzone' and the fist-fights using giant biomechanical meat-mecha. Welcome to Extreme Meatpunks Forever, an upcoming visual novel (with…